Dine Like a Norse God: The Best Neo-Nordic Restaurants in Scandinavia and America

Noma, Copenhagen

The original and still champion.

Photo: Mikkel Heriba

Maaemo, Oslo

Go now, because soon everyone else will.

Courtesy of Maaemo

Lysverket, Bergen

Making a case for Norway's second city.

Photo: Antoine Bouillot

Frantzén, Stockholm

Austere and passionate, all at once.

Photo: Courtesy of Frantzén

Relae, Copenhagen

Only four courses, still mind-blowing.

Photo: Per Anders Jørgensen

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Aska, Brooklyn

When Aska opened in the back of a gallery in an old garage in Williamsburg, it brought Nordic food to New York and won a Michelin star in its first year. Slated to reopen soon in a home it won't have to share.

Photo: Signe Birck

The Bachelor Farmer, Minneapolis

Minnesota might seem like an odd place for high-end locavorism, but Bachelor Farmer chef Paul Berglund's commitment to farm-sourced food is straight out of the Old Country.

Photo: Courtesy of The Bachelor Farmer

The Willows Inn,Lummi Island, WAChef Blaine Wetzel cooked under Redzepi at Noma before opening his restaurant in an inn on a small island north of Seattle. The food, in true Nordic fashion, is “fished, foraged, and farmed.”

Dine Like a Norse God: The Best Neo-Nordic Restaurants in Scandinavia and America

Noma, the Danish restaurant that started the foraging movement, is just the tip of the neo-Nordic iceberg. Here's six places to try in Scandinavia, plus three places to get a taste of Scandinavia stateside